Corinna Jentzsch
Associate professor
- Name
- Dr. C. Jentzsch
- Telephone
- 071 5273456
- c.jentzsch@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-0936-6984
Corinna Jentzsch is Associate Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University.
More information about Corinna Jentzsch
News
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ERC grant for Corinna Jentzsch: Countering Jihadi insurgencies in Africa -
Ten Leiden researchers awarded ERC Starting Grants -
‘You can’t just go to the field and leave again with data’: meet LUCIR scholar Corinna Jentzsch -
‘The Afghan state has collapsed, but the democratic gains of the past 20 years are not lost’ -
Lessons from Afghanistan: call for papers and policy think pieces -
New co-convener team for LUCIR -
To target or protect? Militias and political order in African civil wars -
Veni grants for 19 young Leiden researchers -
Two Leiden political scientists honoured with NWO ‘Veni’-grant -
Alternative story forms: a fresh approach to historical case material
Selected publications
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Violent Resistance: Militia Formation and Civil War in Mozambique -
Auxiliary Armed Forces and Innovations in Security Governance in Mozambique’s Civil War -
L’offre plurielle de sécurité dans le Grand Tunis: Quelles alternatives à l’État pour combler le «vide» sécuritaire? -
4 reasons why Mozambique isn’t a post-war success story
PhD candidates
Corinna Jentzsch is the Principal Investigator of COUNTERRR and an Associate Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University. She is a scholar of social movements, civil war, international security, African politics, and fieldwork ethics, and has conducted fieldwork in Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi, and Tunisia. Her current research, supported by an ERC Starting Grant COUNTERRR, focuses on government responses to emerging insurgencies, civilian collective action during civil war, and conflict transformation and escalation.
Her recent book Violent Resistance: Militia Formation and Civil War in Mozambique (Cambridge University Press, 2022) examines how and why community-based militias form and spread. Her work has also appeared in the Journal of Conflict Resolution, Perspective on Politics, Political Geography, Civil Wars, Africa, ForeignAffairs.com, African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review, and several edited volumes. Her research has been supported by, among others, grants from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and the European Research Council (ERC).
She received her PhD from Yale University, and prior to that studied at Free University Berlin and Sciences Po Paris. She is an associate editor of the International Studies Review, the flagship journal of the International Studies Association.
Associate professor
- Social & Behavioural Sciences
- Political Science
- Jentzsch C. (2025), Review of: Melcher M. (2024), Securing peace in Angola and Mozambique: the importance of specificity in peace treaties. London: Bloomsbury. International Affairs 101(1): 363-364.
- Jentzsch C. (24 January 2025), Political assassinations, police violence and lack of press freedom: 3 barriers to peace in Mozambique. The Conversation. Johannesburg. [blog entry].
- Jentzsch C. (2025), ‘The War Broke Out and I Broke Down’: Expectations and Aspirations in Forging Solidarity between Dutch Activists and Southern African Liberation Leaders, Suid Afrikaanse Historiese Joernaal / South African Historical Journal : 1-18.
- Jentzsch C. (2023), Conclusion - the study of militias and violence: where to go from here?. In: Johnson P.L. & Wittels W. (Eds.), Militias, states and violence against civilians : civic vice, civic virtue. Abingdon: Routledge. 180-192.
- Jentzsch C. (2023), Review of: Thurber C. (2021), Between Mao and Gandhi: the social roots of civil resistance. New York: Cambridge University Press. Perspectives on Politics 21(1): 346-348.
- Jentzsch C. (2023), Response to Ches Thurber’s review of Violent Resistance: Militia Formation and Civil War in Mozambique, Perspectives on Politics 21(1): 346.
- Jentzsch C. (2023), Civilian violent mobilization and the intensity of civil war in Mozambique. In: Krause J., Masullo J., Rhoads E. & Welsh J. (Eds.), Civilian protective agency in violent settings: a comparative perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 135-151.
- Jentzsch C. & Steele A. (2023), Social control in civil wars, Civil Wars 25(2-3): 452-471.
- Jentzsch C. (2022), Violent Resistance: Militia Formation and Civil War in Mozambique. Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics. New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Jentzsch C. (2 February 2022), Au Mozambique, ignorance et déni face à l’insurrection djihadiste. AfriqueXXI. Paris: Association Afrique XXI. [blog entry].
- Jentzsch C. (2022), Origins and consequences of the local forces in Cabo Delgado. Cabo Ligado Monthly. Maputo: Cabo Ligado.
- Jentzsch C. (2022), Review of: Holá B., Nyseth Brehm H. & Weerdesteijn M. (2022), The Oxford handbook on atrocity crimes. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Journal of Peace Research .
- Jentzsch C. (2022), Ignoranz, Leugnung und Rebellion, Afrika Süd (2): 8-11.
- Jentzsch C. & Masullo Jimenez J. (2022), Violent or non-violent action? Wartime civilian resistance in Colombia and Mozambique, Political Geography 99: 102761.
- Jentzsch C. (2021), RENAMO and Mozambique. In: Spear T. (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Jentzsch C. (17 December 2021), Ignorance, denial and insurgency in Mozambique. Africa is a Country. [blog entry].
- Jentzsch C. (2020) Review of Insurgent Fragmentation in the Horn of Africa: rebellion and its discontents, by Michael Woldemariam. Review of: Woldemariam Michael (2018), Insurgent Fragmentation in the Horn of Africa: rebellion and its discontents. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Africa 90(2): 421-422.
- Jentzsch C. (2019), Peace is a Losing Strategy in Mozambique. Why Elections Could Cause Another Civil War, Foreign Affairs : .
- Jentzsch C. (2018), Intervention, Autonomy and Power in Polarised Societies. In: Browne B. & Rivas A. (Eds.), Experiences in Researching Conflict and Violence: Fieldwork Interrupted. Bristol: Policy Press.
- Jentzsch C. (2018), Spiritual Power and the Dynamics of War in the Provinces of Nampula and Zambézia. In: Morier-Genoud E., Cahen M. & Rosário D. do (Eds.), The War Within: New Perspectives on the Civil War in Mozambique, 1976-1992. Suffolk: Boydell & Brewer. 75-99.
- Jentzsch C. (2017), Auxiliary Armed Forces and Innovations in Security Governance in Mozambique’s Civil War, Civil Wars 19(3): 325-347.
- Jentzsch C. (25 September 2017), Is environmental philanthropy still a white man’s game?. Africa Is A Country. [blog entry].
- Jentzsch C., Kahloun H. & Belhadj S. (2016), L’offre plurielle de sécurité dans le Grand Tunis. Quelles alternatives à l’État pour combler le «vide» sécuritaire?. Plural Security Insights Policy Brief, Clingendael Conflict Research Unit.
- Jentzsch C. (2 February 2016), Here are 4 reasons why Mozambique isn't a post-war success story. Monkey Cage Blog of the Washington Post. [blog entry].
- Jentzsch C., Kalyvas S.N. & Schubiger L.I. (2015), Militias in civil wars, Journal of Conflict Resolution 59(5): 755-769.
- Jentzsch C., Kalyvas S.N. & Schubiger L.I. (Eds.) (2015), Militias in civil wars. Journal of Conflict Resolution.
- Jentzsch C. (24 September 2015), A luta continua: A triumph for press freedom in Mozambique. Africa is a Country: Africa is a Country. [blog entry].
- Jentzsch C. (19 January 2015), Achille Mbembe on how the ebola crisis exposes Africa’s dependency on the West. Africa is A Country: Africa is A Country. [blog entry].
- Jentzsch C., Schubiger L.I. & Kalyvas S.N. (21 September 2015), Who’s fighting the Islamic State? Five things you need to know about militias in civil wars. The Washington Post Monkey Cage: The Washington Post. [blog entry].
- Jentzsch C. (3 February 2015), The protest tradition of Maputo’s masked Mapiko dancers. Africa is A Country: Africa is A Country. [blog entry].
- Jentzsch C. (2014), The financing of international peace operations in Africa. A review of recent research and analyses. African Peacebuilding Network Working Papers no. 1. New York: Social Science Research Council.
- Jentzsch C. (2014), Militias and the dynamics of civil war. PhD at Yale University (Dissertatie. Political Science, Yale University). Yale University. Supervisor(s): Wood E.J., Kalyvas S.N. & McGovern M.
- Jentzsch C. (2014), Opportunities and challenges to financing African Union peace operations, African Conflict & Peacebuilding Review 4(2): 86-107.